Canada

In 2002, ITC launched surveys in Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States, referred to as the Four Country (4C) Wave 1 Survey. Canada was chosen as part of the original four ITC countries because it is a world leader in tobacco control policies, having been the first country to introduce graphic warning labels on cigarette packages in 2000. The Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) was signed on July 15, 2003, and later ratified on November 26, 2004.

In 2016, the ITC Project received funding to evaluate policies that regulate vaporized nicotine products (VNPs), including electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes), at the population level by examining use and the evolution of the VNP marketplace in Australia, Canada, the United States, and England, referred to as the Four Country Tobacco and E-cigarette (4CE) Wave 1 Survey. More information about the tobacco and e-cigarette study is available at: http://www.itcproject.org/node/152.

Survey Overview

Resources

Survey Mode: Random Digit Dialed Telephone Survey and Web Survey

Wave

Survey Dates

Survey Sample

4C1

October 30 to December 30, 2002

2,214 Smokers

4C2

May 16 to September 28, 2003

2,196 Smokers and Quitters

4C3

June 3 to December 27, 2004

2,108 Smokers and Quitters

4C4

October 10, 2005 to January 31, 2006

2,029 Smokers and Quitters

4C5

October 11, 2006 to February 17, 2007

2,022 Smokers and Quitters

4C6

September 21, 2007 to February 12, 2008

2,015 Smokers and Quitters

4C7

October 25, 2008 to July 28, 2009

1,846 Smokers and Quitters

4C8

English: July 13, 2010 to April 20, 2011
French: July 13, 2010 to June 24, 2011